Cesare Battisti
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For other persons named Cesare Battisti, see Cesare Battisti (disambiguation).
Cesare Battisti (February 4, 1875 – July 12, 1916) was an Italian-Austrian revolutionary and irredentist.
Battisti was born in Trento, an Italian-speaking city which at the time was part of Austria-Hungary. He was elected to the Austrian Reichsrat in 1911 as a Socialist representative, but at the beginning of World War I joined the Italian side (1915) and fought in the Italian Alpini Corps. He was captured by the Austrians one year later (10 July), and hanged on July 12, 1916 in his hometown, in Castello del Buonconsiglio.
He is considered a national hero in Italy, and a memorial monument was dedicated to him in his hometown.
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